diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRenderer.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRenderer.cs
index ea2a7d3..436cfbc 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRenderer.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace Acacia.Controls
 {
     internal abstract class KTreeRenderer
     {
+        protected const TextFormatFlags TEXT_FLAGS = TextFormatFlags.Left | TextFormatFlags.VerticalCenter | TextFormatFlags.NoPrefix;
+
         private Rectangle _clientRect;
         private Rectangle _totalRect;
         protected KTree _tree;
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Acacia.Controls
             }
 
             // Text size
-            dimension[KTreeNodeMeasurements.Part.Text] = TextRenderer.MeasureText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font);
+            dimension[KTreeNodeMeasurements.Part.Text] = TextRenderer.MeasureText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font, Size.Empty, TEXT_FLAGS);
 
             // Control
             if (node.Control != null)
diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererDefault.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererDefault.cs
index 73d5289..5cf0729 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererDefault.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererDefault.cs
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ namespace Acacia.Controls
 
         protected override void RenderNodeText(Graphics graphics, KTreeNode node, Rectangle rect, KTreeNodeMeasurements.Part? highlight)
         {
-            TextRenderer.DrawText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font, rect, GetColor(node, highlight), 
-                Color.Transparent, TextFormatFlags.Left | TextFormatFlags.VerticalCenter);
+            TextRenderer.DrawText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font, rect, GetColor(node, highlight), Color.Transparent, TEXT_FLAGS);
         }
 
         private Color GetColor(KTreeNode node, KTreeNodeMeasurements.Part? highlight)
diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererVisualStyles.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererVisualStyles.cs
index ca595e3..0769696 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererVisualStyles.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/Controls/KTreeRendererVisualStyles.cs
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ namespace Acacia.Controls
         {
             Color foreColor = GetStyle(node, highlight).GetColor(ColorProperty.TextColor);
 
-            TextRenderer.DrawText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font, rect, foreColor, Color.Transparent, 
-                TextFormatFlags.Left | TextFormatFlags.VerticalCenter);
+            TextRenderer.DrawText(graphics, node.Text, _tree.Font, rect, foreColor, Color.Transparent, TEXT_FLAGS);
         }
 
         public override void RenderControlBorder(Graphics graphics, Rectangle rect)
diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/ZPush/Connect/Soap/SoapSerializer.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/ZPush/Connect/Soap/SoapSerializer.cs
index e02f120..6b3c51a 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/ZPush/Connect/Soap/SoapSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/ZPush/Connect/Soap/SoapSerializer.cs
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ namespace Acacia.ZPush.Connect.Soap
 
             public override void Serialize(string name, object value, StringBuilder s)
             {
-                // TODO: this needs escaping
-                s.Append(string.Format("<{0} xsi:type=\"xsd:string\">{1}</{0}>", name, value));
+                s.Append(string.Format("<{0} xsi:type=\"xsd:string\">{1}</{0}>", name, value.ToString().EncodeXML()));
             }
 
             protected override object DeserializeContents(XmlNode node, Type expectedType)